Monregalese Valleys

Backcountry touring and snowshoe hiking call for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger and careful route selection.

Backcountry touring and snowshoe hiking call for experience in the assessment of avalanche danger and careful route selection.

As a consequence of new snow and a sometimes strong wind from southwesterly directions, avalanche prone wind slabs will form by the early morning. The new snow can be released by a single winter sport participant. These conditions will bring about a weakening in deep layers of the snowpack as the day progresses in particular on steep north, northeast and east facing slopes. Avalanches can in some cases be released in near-ground layers and reach large size in particular on steep shady slopes.

Some new snow to low altitudes. The soft wind slabs are bonding only slowly with the old snowpack. Adjacent to ridgelines and in gullies and bowls snow depths vary greatly, depending on the infuence of the wind. Weak layers exist in the snowpack in particular on shady slopes.